Senate Panel Considers Hearing on Rumsfeld..

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and a nomination for asshat of the week to Jeffy Sessions for this little gem: a hearing involving the retired generals "would send the wrong message" about the nation's commitment to the war in Iraq. But he said he "wouldn't be surprised" if such an event took place because "the Democrats love to have these hearings."

Yes, Jeffy, how dare the Democrats attempt to hold the Executive Branch accountable!

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/25/AR2006042501694.html

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1. sessions must keep up with the news as much as bush does

The nation (majority of american citizens) are not committed to the war and the dumbasses who supported bush are too proud to admit they were wrong or the majority would be larger. Sure wouldn't want to have the experts in their field tell their story to the lawmakers.

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2. article says Warner might do after Mem. Day MIGHT

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3. and add --Sen. Roberts seeks delay of Intel probe (phase II).

Tue Apr-25-06 08:55 AM
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Sen. Roberts seeks delay of Intel probe Updated at 11:39 AM

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said he wants to divide his panel’s inquiry into the Bush administration’s handling of Iraq-related intelligence into two parts, a move that would push off its most politically controversial elements to a later time.
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An aide to Sen. Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), the panel’s ranking Democrat, said that Democrats are aware Roberts is mulling a decision on whether to divide the inquiry and that Rockefeller is unlikely to oppose such a move if Roberts goes through with it. But one Democrat who has followed the probe said separating the controversial elements would relieve pressure on Roberts to complete the entire inquiry soon.
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Questions about the Bush administration’s handling of pre-war intelligence have new political relevance as the midterm elections draw nearer. Public concern about the war in Iraq is considered a major reason for Bush’s low job approval rating, which, in turn, is widely viewed as harmful to congressional Republicans’ political fortunes.

“It has resonance in the following way,” said Phil Singer, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. “One of the major critiques against Republican incumbents in the Senate they take a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil approach to the administration on a number of issues, including on the Iraq issue. To the extent the Senate Republicans continue to refuse to ask tough questions and ask for accountability, it’s going to be a political liability for them.”

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Fro...

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4. A Democrat -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) -- asked Warner last week

to let the retired officers testify, saying, "It is critical that we learn from our experiences in the planning and conduct of our presence in Iraq."